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Recent decentralization and forestry laws in Bolivia give municipal governments a strong role in forest management. This article analyzes the impact of those laws on local government activities related to logging, protected areas, indigenous territories, and land-use planning. It con-cludes that ...


Kaimowitz, D.Vallejos, C.Pacheco, P.Balanza, P.P.López, R.[Municipal governments and forest management in lowland Bolivia]Municipal governments and forest management in lowland Bolivia
Autor: Pacheco, P.

This chapter analyses the model of decentralization of forest management in Bolivia, and assess its main outcomes. Though significant functions were delegated to municipalities regarding forest resources such as control of forest crime, monitoring of forest management, delimitation and allocation...


Pacheco, P.[Municipalidades y participation local en la gestion forestal en Bolivia]Municipalidades y participation local en la gestion forestal en Bolivia
Petkova, E.Larson, A.M.Pacheco, P.[Forest governance, decentralization and REDD+ in Latin America]Forest governance, decentralization and REDD+ in Latin America

This case study analyses origins and causes of decentralisation in Bolivia, how the process has affected tropical forest management, and initial impacts of decentralisation on distribution of benefits from forests. Impact of the Popular Participation Law of 1994, which bolstered municipal governm...


Kaimowitz, D.Flores, G.Johnson, J.Pacheco, P.Pavez, I.Roper, J.M.Vallejos, C.Velez, R.[Local government and biodiversity conservation: a case from the Bolivian lowlands]Local government and biodiversity conservation: a case from the Bolivian lowlands

Having analysed the decentralisation policies of the Bolivian government and the recent transfer of responsibilities to the municipalities with regard to forest management, four case studies are described: Ascension de Guarayos, Rurrenabaque, Villa Tunari y San Ignacio de Velasco. The results sho...


Kaimowitz, D.Pacheco, P.Johnson, J.Pavez, I.Vallejos, C.Velez, R.[Gobiernos municipales y bosques en las tierras bajas de Bolivia]Gobiernos municipales y bosques en las tierras bajas de Bolivia
Larson, A.M.Pacheco, P.Toni, F.Vallejo, M.[The effects of forestry decentralization on access to livelihood assets]The effects of forestry decentralization on access to livelihood assets

How are forestry decentralisations evolving in Latin America? What role are municipal governments playing, and to what extent are the needs of forest-dependent peoples being taken into account? This article represents a synthesis of research findings from Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras and ...


Larson, A.M.Pacheco, P.Toni, F.Vallejo, M.[Trends in Latin American forestry decentralisations: legal frameworks, municipal governments and forest dependent groups]Trends in Latin American forestry decentralisations: legal frameworks, municipal governments and forest dependent groups

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